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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug] v
1: strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators" [syn: pummel, pommel, biff]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably imitative Date: circa 1887 whack, blow • biff transitive verb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. sl. --n. a sharp blow. --v.tr. strike (a person). Etymology: imit.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(biffs, biffing, biffed) If you biff someone, you hit them with your fist. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) VERB

Moby Thesaurus

bang, bash, bat, beating, belt, blow, bonk, bop, catch, chop, clap, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coldcock, crack, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, dig, ding, dint, drub, drubbing, drumming, fetch, fetch a blow, fusillade, hit, hit a clip, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, let have it, lick, nail, paste, pelt, plunk, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slog, slosh, slug, smack, smash, smite, snap, soak, sock, strike, strike at, stroke, swat, swing, swipe, tattoo, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, wham, whop, yerk